THE Rainbow Butterfly at Settle Victoria Hall on Sunday, May 14, and at Skipton Town Hall the day before, is an interactive performance aimed at children.

Inspired by the four stages of the lifecycle of the butterfly, it tells the story of Maja who would love to be a Rainbow Butterfly and fly all the way to the Moon.

It uses aerial silks painted by textiles artist Zephyr Liddell and a story book published, illustrated and written by the company. The Rainbow Butterfly takes inspiration from traditional storytelling to weave a tale using aerial circus, contortion, contemporary and Hip Hop dance.

On Tuesday, May 16, the Victoria Hall will play host to Talisk - made up of Mohsen Amini, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year 2018; Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019, who together fuse concertina, guitar and fiddle to produce an innovative, multi-layered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe.

The ground-breaking Talisk has been described as 'amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more.'

Le Vent du Nord, on Thursday, May 18, are an award winning and highly acclaimed leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music with a broad range of global influences. Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing more than 1,800 concerts over five continents and racking up several prestigious awards.

To find out more about what is going on at Settle Victoria Hall, visit: https://www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk